Two top aides in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office say they will repay thousands of dollars in moving expenses, conceding some of the costs they billed to taxpayers were “unreasonable.”

The decision comes after The Globe and Mail reported that principal secretary Gerald Butts and chief of staff Katie Telford billed taxpayers more than $200,000 to move from Toronto to Ottawa, primarily on real estate and legal fees for their million-dollar homes.

Mr. Butts’s move cost nearly $127,000, while Ms. Telford’s was more than $80,300.